Politics
Biden EPA Backs Limiting Biofuel Quota Waivers for Refineries
- Agency will support 10th Circuit ruling narrowing exemptions
- It’s Biden’s first move in heated fights over renewable fuel
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The Biden administration is taking steps that could limit the ability of oil refineries to get exemptions from a federal biofuel-blending mandate.
The Environmental Protection Agency will announce Monday that it is effectively siding with renewable fuel producers in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The agency will say that it agrees with a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that concluded small refineries are only eligible for those valuable waivers if they have continually received the exemptions.